I Won't Grow Up, Cheim & Read, West 25 Street, New York, 26 Jun - 29 Aug

Posted on July 12, 2008 at 9:58 AM.

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Exhibition Title: I Won't Grow Up

Artist Name: Donald Baechler, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Brian Belott, Louise Bourgeois, Jared Buckheister, Brendan Cass, E.V. Day, PhillipEstlund, Mark Fox, Beka Goedde, Gary Hume, Chantal Joffe, Chapman Brothers, Jonathan Hammer, Djordje Ozbolt, Mike Kelley, Misaki Kawai
Dates: Opening Thursday 26 June from 6–8 pm. Exhibition continues through 29 August.
Website: http://www.http://www.cheimread.com

Exhibition Description:

I WON’T GROW UP is curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody and Donald Baechler. The curators present works in various media by a variety of artists that embrace a child-like sensibility.

These artists have gained their inspiration from childhood, and incorporated compositional elements into their work, evocative of the creative freedom and wonderment of younger years. This results in works that are both nostalgic and refreshing, embodying an abandonment of adulthood for the endless play of Peter Pan.

Description:

Image: Louise Bourgeois
THE RUNAWAY GIRL circa 1938
Oil charcoal and pencil on canvas
24 x 15 inches
61 x 38.1 centimeters
(BOUR-0808)
CR# BO.16201
Courtesy Cheim & Read , New York

“The artist, like the child, is passive. The artist remains a child who is no longer innocent yet cannot liberate himself from the unconscious. The acting out of his terror is self-involved and pleasurable. Some artists act all their lives instead of thinking.” -Louise Bourgeois

Full Contact Details:

Cheim & Reid
547 West 25 Street New York
For additional information please contact us by calling 212-242-7727, faxing 212-242-7737, or emailing gallery .at. cheimread.com.